October 22, 2026
Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, expressed his great happiness with the broad victory his team achieved over Leipzig, 4-1, on Wednesday evening, in the third round of the league stage in the Champions League.
Courtois explained in statements after the match that he feels in excellent physical and technical condition, stressing the importance of keeping the blemishes clean at the beginning of the match and ending the first half ahead in the score, to avoid complicating matters in the event of a delay.
The goalkeeper pointed out that coach Jose Mourinho directed the players at halftime to improve their defensive performance, which the team translated into raising the level of intensity and appearing much better in the second half.
Courtois also praised the intensity of competition within the team’s ranks, pointing out that Real Madrid has a formation depth that allows it to rely on most of the elements, which is in everyone’s interest and pushes them towards continuous development.
Courtois concluded his speech by addressing the upcoming “El Clásico” confrontation against Barcelona, stressing that the main goal is to reduce the point difference and the only way to do that is to achieve victory, stressing that the team will enter the match with high confidence with the ambition to provide a solid defensive performance and emerge with a clean score.
